Income and Wages
This Philly woman is teaching real estate to the housing insecure
Monica Wright showed her first house 27 years ago — exactly one week after her fourth daughter was born. (Read more.)
Income and Wages
Income and Wages
First Step Staffing comes to Philadelphia to employ homeless
In an unusual deal, First Step Staffing, a nonprofit staffing company from Atlanta, has purchased the Philadelphia operations of the for-profit On Time Staffing with the goal of using the staffing firm to employ homeless individuals and people recently released from prison. (Read more.)
Income and Wages
GOP rhetoric shows just how much we disdain the poor
Defending Congress’ plan to eliminate the estate tax the other day, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) declared that getting rid of it recognizes those who invest their money “as opposed to those that are just spending every darn penny they have, whether it’s on booze, or women, or movies.” (Read more.)